Leah's+Letter

Dear Sophie, Hello Sophie, the best twin sister anybody can have. I am here at the Darling lighthouse. Last night I have been in a terrifying accident. I hope you have heard. I was on a boat called the Forfarshire. We were in the North Sea and a great storm arose, but the captain chose to sail on. The ships boiler had failed and the engine had stopped. The Forfarshire drifted into the storm. There were violent currents that drove the ship against the rocks of an island. The Forfarshire started to break apart. The biggest problem was that there was only one lifeboat and there were sixty people aboard! We crammed nine people onto the lifeboat as the ship was sinking. Everybody else had to climb onto the rocks. The Darling family had seen us climbing from their lighthouse. They saw huge waves pounding us, and they thought we wouldn’t be able to hold on for long. Grace and her father hopped into a small, flat-bottomed rowboat and rowed through the wild sea out to save the survivors. The other survivors and I could see a small lifeboat coming our way through the huge waves. They got here and said they are going to rescue us. We all got on and rowed to the lighthouse. When we got to land, I was so happy to be alive. Don’t worry, I am all right. I only have a few scrapes on my legs from the rocks. As I said before, I am at the Darling Lighthouse lying in bed resting from the horrible accident. The Darling family are incredibly nice, especially Grace Darling. She is the kindest and most caring person I have ever met. She has been helping everybody since the accident, bandaging them and getting them wet cloths including me. She didn’t even sit down once since she got off the row boat! She was working all night long helping people. I saw her walking by my bed and she looked exhausted.. So I was hoping you can come get me soon. I am still recovering from the accident, but I think I’m ready to come home. You should probably find the address in about any newspaper, but I’ve already put it on the envelope. Grace Darling is on the cover of all the newspapers. She is now considered a hero for saving the passengers on the Forfarshire. I hope you get this in time so you know when to come. I can’t wait to see you. I haven’t seen you in weeks. Love you sis.

Leah Atkins

Dear Leah, I am so happy you are alive! That seems so scary having a crash on a very big boat! I can't wait for you to come home. Grace Darling does seem incredibly nice. I miss you so much. I can't believe that there was only one lifeboat when so many people can come aboard! I am just happy you are ok. I will try my best to come get you soon. But I'm very happy that Grace Darling is helping everyone to recover! I can't believe she saved your life! I am so happy that they found all of you survivors clinging on to the rocks! If it wasn't for Grace and her father, you would have gotten hurt more. The Captain driving the boat made a bad decision to keep the journey going when there was a very bad storm going on! Grace seemed like she was working so hard trying to help everyone. I don't think that the captian will drive the boat again because of what happened, don't you think? I can definately come pick you up in a couple of days, but if I don't make it then you will have to probably get a train back or something like that. I'm sorry if that does happen. I am so excited to see you soon! I will check the news paper as soon as it comes in the post! And like I said before i will try my hardest to come pick youo up as soon as I can! See you soon.

Love your sister, Sophie